It is seen quite often that
the stock of a particular sector (say, IT or pharmaceuticals) outweigh the overall market index.
Not exact matches
Although these invest in
stocks,
sector funds, as their name suggests, focus on a
particular segment
of the economy.
Technology
stocks involved in a bubble may be confined to a
particular industry (such as internet software or fuel cells), or cover the entire technology
sector as a whole, depending on the strength and depth
of investor demand.
You can also invest in
sector - specific ETFs, which contain
stocks of companies in
particular segments
of the economy — from the communications
sector to utilities and health care.
If you buy just one
stock in the
sector you expect to perform well, you run the risk
of being right about the
sector, but unlucky with that
particular stock.
I have also added to
particular positions in the real estate
sector, focusing on building a portfolio
of stocks I think can add value, regardless
of what happens with the future direction
of interest rates.
The U.S. market in
particular offers a wealth
of sectors that are minimal or non-existent in Canada: high - tech, pharmaceuticals and bio-tech, defence
stocks, social media
stocks and many more.
While the universe
of dividend growth
stocks covers the complete breadth
of the
stock market, there is a strong concentration in
particular sectors of the market.
You can see there are a good number
of basic headings a
stock could fall under, and any
particular stock could be in more than one market
sector.
One approach among many for diversifying a
stock portfolio might be to combine perhaps 15 or 20 large - company US
stocks and a combination
of funds or ETFs to cover small and mid-sized companies,
particular market
sectors that aren't already well represented, and international
stocks.
The theme picking part generally results from the manager's decision to focus on a
particular sector or industry
of the economy, a world region or country, a class
of securities (
stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.), and similar factors that can largely explain the performance
of the analyzed fund or portfolio.
A
sector fund is a mutual fund which invests in
stocks of companies that operate in a
particular industry or
sector of the economy like Banking funds, Pharma funds, FMCG funds, etc..
The main reason that an investor would want to consider a
sector fund is the same as for a
particular individual
stock: The investor feels that the
sector is about to experience a period
of strong growth.
Investors can generate income by gaining exposure to the
stocks included in one
sector of the economy or focused on a
particular index.
It measures the exposure
of risk a
particular stock or
sector has in relation to the market.
Contributor Paul Britt said, «these funds could benefit investors with a large exposure to certain
sectors because they work in a
particular industry and may already have a lot
of company
stock.»
Concentrating your funds or having a large portion
of your portfolio in a
particular sector or a
particular stock could be risky.
The decline
of stocks in the financials
sector during the financial crisis once again demonstrated how
stocks in the same
sector often exhibit similar performance during a
particular phase
of the business cycle.
Or what if you short sold another one
of your favorite technical names since we know that when a
particular sector of the
stock market goes down, all
stocks in that
sector tend to go with it?
I was looking for some
stocks of interest that had a focus on a
particular sector (energy, finance, utilities, health / biotech, etc.).
Furthermore, one fund might be tilted towards a
particular sector or a group
of stocks, while another one might not follow a traditional market capitalization - weighted index at all.
Strategies may include actively managed
stocks, writing covered call options, boutique active mutual / managed funds, rotating
sector ETFs, international index ETFs or passively managed assets with a
particular style that is different from the «core» style aimed at enhancing the bias
of the «core».
This includes reading each fund's last few annual reports, and evaluating returns (over 1, 3, 5 & 10 years, if available), the fund's geographic focus, any
particular company /
sector concentration, and the percentage
of the fund's portfolio invested in unlisted
stocks.
It works in reverse too — some
of the best short sellers see the market / investors completely hung up on a specific valuation metric / scenario for a
particular stock or
sector, while other valuation approaches suggest an entirely different reality.
There are at least three ways
of doing that: making bets that the market or
particular sectors or securities will fall (long / short equity), shifting assets from overvalued asset classes to undervalued ones (flexible portfolios) or selling
stocks as they become overvalued and holding the proceeds in cash until
stocks become undervalued again (absolute value investing).
Stocks within
particular sectors will tend to react in predictable ways to economic conditions, so it's important to make sure your investments don't get too concentrated in specific
sectors, unless you're doing it intentionally as part
of your investment plan.
As a recent graduate you would usually start out as an analyst, doing in - depth research into
stocks, perhaps with a focus on a
particular country,
sector or type
of company.
The resume format
of equity research analyst should justify to his job responsibilities that include supervising trends in
particular industries, initiate and monitor research on organizations
of related
sectors, to provide recommendations what
stocks investors must buy and sell.